Yuletide Ballgown Inspiration Pt. 2

12/09/2013

Good day dearies! Thank you all for your encouraging comments on my Classy on Sunday! I think I’m now on the tipping point of being in the Holiday spirit, especially with the time of setting up the Christmas tree (my favorite part of Christmas set-up), coming nearer, and Christmas carols being sung ever more frequently in Church, as well as the anticipation of parties and fellowship with friends. Anyways, after last week’s yuletide ball gown inspiration, I’m sure you all are dying to know what I chose!As evidenced by the above pictures, you all made up my mind to wear my floor length formal ensemble. But instead of wearing my peplum blouse, I am going to wear an outfit very similar to this:

After trying on my chiffon blouse (the ones we wore to holidazzle here) with the skirt, I discovered that the outfit worked, and thus I have come to a decision (currently ;P). I may change my mind as the event draws nearer, but so far I am planning on wearing: My formal skirt, with a chiffon blouse, and some comfy ballet flats (best things for dancing, I have found!). The whole ensemble reminds me rather of a 1900’s Gibson Girl look. Oh, and if you’re wondering “how on earth I am going to keep from tripping on my floor length skirt when I am wearing flats, and waltzing?” I am planning on adding a little loop of ribbon to hold on to, to keep my skirt up, such as those that used to be attached to the trains of women’s skirts in the 1870’s, etc. so they could dance without their trains dragging. I had hoped to find a picture to show you, but alas, nothing was readily available, so you’ll have to imagine it.

What Christmas festivities are coming your way soon?

Are you going to be attending a lot of parties or a few, or none at all?

What’s one of your families Christmas traditions?

Blessings,

Brigid

The Middle Sister and Singer

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Thank you so much Genevieve! The ball that we are going to is hosted by our Church, and it is the 1st of what will hopefully be an annual tradition. We are somewhat self-taught as far as contra dance goes, with some teaching intermingled from various dances we have attended in the past. As far as the waltz goes… we (my sisters and I) still just sort of fudge it. 🙂What a wonderful Christmas tradition. I love church/sacred Christmas carols. I think they are one of my favorite type of songs.

Ha! I know what you mean Cassie about meaning to comment on a post, and then life gets away from you. Bell Choir! That sounds so cool! I am assuming that you mean an actual bell choir, right? How neat! I love Christmas dinners too! Some friends of ours host a Christmas dinner a few days before Christmas, and it is SO fun, and such a wonderful time of fellowship (not to mention delicious food :)! And then of course there’s the actual Christmas day dinner… 🙂

That is such a pretty outfit!! You will look great in it. 🙂 My favorite holiday traditions are either baking Christmas cookies, or going to sing at the ChristmasStore (a store for underprivileged families to shop for gifts.) I hope your ball goes well! Who do you usually dance with at a dance? Just older men or people your own age too?~Hannah

Thanks Hannah! This year, as far as who we get to dance with, there will hopefully be a mixture. And hopefully all the young men, from our Church, will attend, otherwise we’re going to be, let’s say, short-staffed as far as young men go (always a problem at dances, huh?).

Cute outfit! And yes, flats are the best to dance in – except I am a little short for ball gowns, so I have to wear “comfortable” heels! It’s difficult not to step on that gown! 😉

As for traditions, I was just married a few weeks ago, so I am building new ones! My husband and I are probably hosting a “cookies&milk” Christmas party before Christmas and then fly to my parents’ house on Christmas Eve. My family gets together at my parents’ house. My mom has been cooking the same meal since I can remember and my grandmother has been making the same “Christmas Cake” (as she calls it – because she ONLY makes it for Christmas Day, so did my great-grandmother) since…forever. 🙂

This will be pretty! 😀We are going to two Christmas parties, in addition to the festivities of Christmas eve and day. 🙂 One of my family’s traditions is to come home from my aunt’s home on Christmas eve and read the story of Jesus’ birth from Luke.

Oh, that looks good! And I like the idea of the loop very much. I saw a 50s video on YouTube a while back where they said flats were not good for dancing because of tripping on your skirt (figures), but the loop could solve that, and wearing heels all night can be very tiring. I hope you will have a good time, and I hope we will get to see your outfit(s).

Tomorrow, I go to see an opera with my sister and her husband, which is their birthday gift for me. My birthday’s in December, so it kind of counts as a holiday festivity, right? I’m going to wear my Little Black Dress, and am very, very excited! And on Sunday evening, I hope I’ll manage to attend an event in one of my cousin’s churches, in Prague. Aside from the usual church service on the 25th. 🙂 There is so much happening this weekend, and I will miss out on most of it, though. 🙁In January, there will be the annual masquerade ball held by my church (as in, the whole organisation – we’re a small country) that I may and may not go to, depending on the state of my finances (there’s an entrance fee that goes to charity). But I would love to, because this time it’s 50s-themed… and I have not seen some of my friends for AGES, so I really would like to.

In the Czech Republic, we start the festivities, including the gift giving, on Christmas Eve, with the dinner, which is potato salad and traditionally carp or sausages, we do the latter. The tradition in my family is singing Christian songs, of course, and also reading the passage from Luke, from the old Czech translation; it used to be father reading it, but now we alternate, because, as he says, he’s been reading it for maybe fifty years now. And then he’s the first to go for the first gift, which always takes convincing (I’m still not sure whether that’s an act that’s part of the tradition or whether he genuinely forgets each time :-); and then whoever that gift is for goes for the next, and so on.And on the 26th, we always go visit grandma in Prague, and if we manage, which we try to, we go for a walk – she lives at the outskirts and they have a botanical garden and a park nearby with a wonderful view over the river.This year, there will probably be some shuffling of tradition, though, because we’ll have with us a Latvian friend who studies and works here and has to stay over Christmas. Grandma invited her as well, so this year that gathering will be particularly large!

I hope you also have a chance to meet with your extended family over the holidays, and that you’ll have a blessed Christmas on your side of the Atlantic.

Oh Hana! It sounds like you have such wonderful traditions! Such fun! Unfortunately our extended family lives too far away to be with for Christmas this year, but we’ll be spending a lot of time with our Church family leading up to, and around, Christmas. The masquerade ball at your church sounds fantastic! I hope you can go!

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